Bronze Interior · 2024
Color Symphony Pavilion
by Ho Wang Owen Lam and Pui Sze Kong
- Bronze A' Design Award 2024 in Interior
- CLIENT: Elements
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 22,675
- Verification code 9406917BDF · Verify this award
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About Color Symphony Pavilion
Color Symphony is a pavilion installed in a landmark shopping mall in Hong Kong. The pavilion celebrates the first summer after the pandemic with a colorful and festive atmosphere. Layers of colored acrylic panels are held at different heights by a white frame structure. Sunlight passes through the panels and casts shades of many colors on the ground. The open layout invites the public to gather, rest and play. The floor area is 180 square meters and the height is 8 meters. The design reflects the energy of the city and expresses hope and positivity.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Color Symphony Pavilion is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Color Symphony Pavilion is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Color Symphony Pavilion splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Flickering lights, fleeting shadows, dancing colors. Immerse yourself in a world of dazzling shapes and hues. As the hours pass, the glow of summer filters through this vibrant canopy.
A rainbow of bubbles float up and down. The colors and shadows meet and move like rippling clouds, sprinkling every corner with the brilliant colors of the sky. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Floor area : 180m2, Floor height : 8m
- Tags
- floating, colorful, symphony, shading, reflection
- Production Technology
- The design of the white frame structure installation with colored acrylic panels is closely tied to the production process. The design determines the size, shape, and arrangement of the acrylic panels, as well as the structural requirements for the frame and foundation. During production, the design serves as a blueprint, guiding the fabrication of the frame structure, foundation, and acrylic panels. Close collaboration with the production personnel back and forth ensures that the design intent is accurately translated into the final manufactured components as well as the feasibility of the production of the components.
- Design Challenge
- Designing installations for an operating shopping mall within a short timeframe presents several challenges. Coordinating with existing infrastructure, managing traffic flow and accessibility, considering maintenance and upkeep, aligning with aesthetics and branding are crucial factors.
To overcome these challenges, efficient planning and collaboration with client, stackholder and the contractor, etc. is required. And at the same tme, minimizing disruptions to the mall's operations is fundamental. - Research
- The pavilion project is located in an iconic landmark shopping mall in Hong Kong and it aims to celebrate the first summer after the pandemic. The design recognizes the need to provide a colorful and vibrant atmosphere for the general public, creating an inviting space for people to gather, rest, and play. By acknowledging the impact of the pandemic and responding to the desire for a positive and joyful experience, the project becomes highly relevant to the current social context.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration behind the design of a pavilion with layers of colorful acrylic panels, reflecting sunlight to create shades of different colors on the ground is to provide a festive feeling for the public to enjoy after the challenging times of the pandemic.
The pavilion draws inspiration from the vibrant and dynamic atmosphere of Hong Kong. The use of colorful acrylic panels represents the energy and diversity of the city, while also symbolizing hope and positivity. - Project Duration
- The project started in March and completed in August 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The layers of colorful acrylic panels in cloud shades create a visually striking appearance, evoking a sense of playfulness and joy. The use of different heights and the white frame structure not only provide structural support but also add an element of visual interest and depth to the pavilion. This aesthetic approach creates an inviting and exciting environment for the general public to enjoy during the summer season.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Ho Wang Owen LAM, Color Symphony 1, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Ho Wang Owen LAM, Color Symphony 2, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Ho Wang Owen LAM, Color Symphony 3, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Ho Wang Owen LAM, Color Symphony 4, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Ho Wang Owen LAM, Color Symphony 5, 2023.